Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Israel Corp (TA:ILCO), which rose 1.27% or 850 points to trade at 67580 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva (TA:TEVA) added 1.20% or 240 points to end at 20170 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 0.85% or 12 points to 1427 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Strauss Group (TA:STRS), which fell 1.93% or 120 points to trade at 6090 at the close. Frutarom (TA:FRUT) declined 1.58% or 320 points to end at 19920 and OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) was down 1.05% or 39 points to 3680.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 185 to 167 and 94 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.55% or 1.25 to $47.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.46% or 1.25 to hit $49.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.60 to trade at $1342.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.7756, while EUR/ILS rose 0.15% to 4.2777.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.45.